Toy pistol



May 29, 1928.

E. S. PEAKE TOY PISTOL Filed Dec. 24, 1926 Patented May 29, 1928.

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EDWARD s. PEAKE, or WnsTERvILLE, omo, Assrernon 'ro THE KILGORE MFG. .com

PANY, or WEs'rERvrLLE, oHIo, A ooRroRArrIoNvor onro.

TOY rrsfror..

Application led December 24, 1,926. Serial` o. 156,819. L

'The presentinvention relates to toy pislt'ols ofthe type including mechanism `adapted to feed automatically a strip of caps across ananvil, and to explode thempsuccessively, all -through operation of a trigger having associated therewith strip feed mechanism, and means for actuating the cap eX# pistolsfofthe type disclosed in 'said patent by rendering the cap-'feed means andjthe means for retracting the hammer more positive inl operation and more durable. 'v vIt -has, been found that when reliance is had upon a torsion spring, such as. is illustrated in the patent, action of the feed and hammer pawls becomes sluggish after some use. `This is probably due tothe effect of i the explosions upon the torsion spring materially shortening the life of the spring. Moreover', it has been rfound that a spring of this type, due to the, fact that the tension .p isplacedV upon limited lengths ofv the-same,

is comparatively short in a't'oy pistol as compared to the Vlife of a. coil spring, and more specifically, one of the longitudinally extensible type. v i

' The variationyin the actionV of the'sprin'g Y mechanism inother parts of a; toy pistol is not so noticeable, butin the operation of the ,feed paWl and hammer vpaWl, it is'essential that the spring-be always fairly resilient and quick acting, sinceA these parts must be nicely timed in their operation.

Briefly,"therefore,"the present invention seeksto improve the voperation of the cap feed and trigger actuating pawls byrenderp ingthe same-more positive 'and ac c'ur'atein operation, and vseeks to proivde an 'arrangethelife of this mechanism r4md'retain the desire'd accuracy and'pos'itive.character of lits operation. 1

- 'A furtherobject* of Vthev invention isy to ordinarily includeV ment of parts which Will materiallyr lengthen' provide a mechanismiiwhich maybe more conveniently assembled and rep-aired.

l Referring tothe accompanying drawings, wherein there is shown a ment of vthe invention Figure lis aside elevationallview of the.

operating mechanism with' one side of the pistol casing removed,

Figure 2 is a View` similar to Figure -1,f showingthe position of the partsgsubstantially at the end of a. trigger operation.

Figure 3 `is a fragment-ary View showing the mounting of the'vcap feed' and hammer pawls on the trigger.

' Referring to thedrawings for a more de-v tailed description, the invention is shown as applied toa pistol-having a casing of conpreferred embodiventional'design including a handleH, barrel and trigger guard y The casingris formed interiorly to provide i a cap'strip feed plate 10, in the form of a vertically extending Wall, which, at its upper end, provides an anvil 11, over Whichthe capv strip 12 isv fed from 'a roll of caps 13,'positioned upon V'a roll-carrying pin lll.

A, hammer 15 is pivota-llymounted at 16, substantially above and to the rear of a trigger 17, having a: pivot 18. The trigger carries a cap feed pawl 19, having a laterally directed flangev 2() adapted tol engage a strip ofy caps and feed it over the plate 10 as rthetrigger is retracted. The` feed pawl 19 n'lfmnted' forv bodily movement with the trigger, and for this purpose, is ycarried upon a stud 21, formed upon va trigger extension 22. 'The sear orl hammer retractingpawl 23 has a shoulder 24 adapted to engagea lug'25 upon the hammer, and is mounted upon the tiigi' ger by means of the stud 21. Words, Vthel feed and'hammer pavvls are coaxially mounted for independent pivotal movement, and' also for bodily movement With the trigger.

In other vTo maintain the feed paWl againstthe- I platelO as the trigger is retracted, a longivtudinally extensible coil spring'26 anchored at 27. to the'fhammeig or, inlother Words, to a part of the pistol which isrela'H `tivelyiXed With respect to theaxis' or stud l directly upon the trigger for bodily move- I bodily movement therewith and pivotally movable about an axison the trigger coaxial with the laxis of said feedvpawl, and independent longitudinally extensible coil springs for saidpawls, one anchored at one end to 10 the trigger and secured at its other end to .the feed pawl, and the other anchored at one end to Athe fixed part of the pistol and seoured at its other end to the hammer pawl.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set .15

my hand. t

EDWARD S. PEAKE. 

